Deng Minghe

Biography

Deng Minghe was a Chinese Henan opera (Yuju) actor, born in 2006 in Daming County, Handan City, Hebei Province. Known as the "Red Child of Yuju," he rose to fame in 2010 after winning the title of champion on Henan TV's "Liyuan Chun" program. He performed at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2012 and 2013. He won the Silver Award in the 2010 Liyuan Chun annual champion finals, the title of Children's Star Champion on the same program, the Gold Medal at the 16th "Chinese Little Plum Blossom" festival in 2012, and the First Prize at the 3rd "Guoxi Cup" National Student Opera Competition in 2012. He had a younger sister, Deng Menglu, who was also a child actress, and the two performed together at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2012 and 2013. He died on April 28, 2015, at the Chinese PLA Navy General Hospital in Beijing due to a relapse of leukemia, at only eight years old.